5 Brooklyn Stories You May Have Missed This Week

BROOKLYN, NY — Happy New Year! Here are five stories from the last week of 2016 that made headlines in Brooklyn:

1) Black Tap's Massive Milkshakes Coming to DUMBO — You've never seen a milkshake this tall, and with this many cookies on top of it.

2) Brooklyn Just Had One of Its Safest Years in Decades — This year, Brooklyn has seen its second fewest number of murders since 1970.

3) City Urges Brownsville to Eat Fresh Produce, Then Kills Its Community Farm — The city's housing preservation department says it needs the farm's property to build affordable housing.

4) Menorahs Vandalized in Prospect Heights and Park Slope (Updated) — Rabbi Mendy Hecht linked the acts to a recent UN vote on Israeli settlements.

5) PHOTOS: Williamsburg Tenants Sue Their Landlord, Document 'Unlivable' Conditions — Photos obtained exclusively by Patch show what appear to be years of untouched bathroom mold, warped floors, and faulty doors.

Photo at top courtesy of @stephanieackerstein